Thanks, Patrick. I currently use Noodles on three of my bikes, and am contemplating using a Mark's Bar (185) in place of Alba's on a fourth bike. I do have a spare set of Noodles hanging from a rafter, but thought I'd try one of the Mark's/ . Thanks for the leadre the Maeses. I'll take a look.
________________________________ From: PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, February 8, 2011 7:27:07 PM Subject: Re: [RBW] Seeking Comments: Mark's Bar vs. Noodle Bar What am I thinking? I have Noodles on the Fargo where (since it is largely an offroad bike) has the bars some 4" or 5" higher than on my road bikes, and on the Fargo they work very well. The big difference is a far longer and somwhat deeper bend, the long reach mitigated to a degree by the slight backward sweep of the flats. I disliked them in a road position but do like them set higher up where the hooks correspond more or less to the hoods on my 185s and the ramps and hoods, not to mention the flats, give me a sit up high position for rough dirt and steep dropoffs. Noodles, bad picture: https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/BIKESMISCELLANEA#5529096365478606706 185s, similar to Mark's, also bad photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/BIKESMISCELLANEA#5522534395131202322 and https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/BIKESMISCELLANEA#5563676048065808626 On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:20 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: I can't speak about the Noodle, but the Mark's IIRC is very like the old Nitto 185 which in turn is like the old Cinelli model whose # I forget: medium drop (140 or 145 mm), very short reach (90, IIRC), very short ramps. I use the 185s on 3 bikes and like them a lot, tho' I might switch to even shallower (135 mm drop) but longer (115?) old Maes copies that BQ now sells. The downside of the 185s, for me, is that, if you have the ends parallel to terra firma, as God commanded, then the ramps are rather steep. I think the Maeses have a tighter curve so that, with hooks level to earth, the ramps are still flattish and, at any rate, longer. > > >On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Ray <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >Seeking comments and preferences Mark's bar against a Nitto "Noodle" >>bar. >> >>-- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>"RBW >>Owners Bunch" group. >>To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > > >-- >Patrick Moore >Albuquerque, NM >For professional resumes, contact >Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > > > > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
